里約熱內盧

See also: 里约热内卢

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (里約熱內盧)		里	約	熱	內	盧
simp. (里约热内卢)		里	约	热	内	卢

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lǐyuē Rènèilú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄩㄝ ㄖㄜˋ ㄋㄟˋ ㄌㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ joek³ jit⁶ noi⁶ lou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lí-iok-jia̍t-lāi-lô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lǐyuē Rènèilú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄩㄝ ㄖㄜˋ ㄋㄟˋ ㄌㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lǐyue Rènèilú
    • Wade–Giles: Li³-yüeh¹ Jê⁴-nei⁴-lu²
    • Yale: Lǐ-ywē Rè-nèi-lú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liiiue Rehneylu
    • Palladius: Лиюэ Жэнэйлу (Lijue Žɛnɛjlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵ ʐɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ neɪ̯⁵¹ lu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ joek³ jit⁶ noi⁶ lou⁴
    • Yale: léih yeuk yiht noih lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ joek⁸ jit⁹ noi⁶ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ yêg³ yid⁶ noi⁶ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ jœːk̚³ jiːt̚² nɔːi̯²² lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí-iok-jia̍t-lāi-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: Lí-iok-jia̍t-lāi-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lyiokjiadlaixloo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ziɛt̚⁴⁻³² lai³³⁻²¹ lɔ²³/

Proper noun

里約熱內盧

1. Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
   • 1865, 地理問答條略, page 49:

     有里約熱內盧京城，最好灣船處，多有外國人到此買賣，船隻如蟻聚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有里约热内卢京城，最好湾船处，多有外国人到此买卖，船只如蚁聚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yǒu Lǐyuērènèilú jīngchéng, zuìhǎo wān chuán chù, duō yǒu wàiguórén dào cǐ mǎimài, chuánzhī rú yǐ jù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (～州) Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)

Synonyms

• (short) 里約 (Lǐyuē)